The Southern Poverty law center SPLC has complied a list of Patriots who are in their minds: The antigovernment "Patriot" movement has exploded, accompanied by the
rapid expansion of other sectors of the radical right. This spectacular
growth (see timeline)
is the result of several factors, including anger over major political,
demographic and economic changes in America, along with the
popularization of radical ideas and conspiracy theories by ostensibly mainstream politicians and media commentators.

Although
the resurgence of the so-called Patriots — people who generally believe
that the federal government is an evil entity that is engaged in a
secret conspiracy to impose martial law, herd those who resist into
concentration camps, and force the United States into a socialistic
"New World Order" — also has been propelled by people who were key
players in the first wave of the Patriot movement in the mid–1990s,
there are also a large number of new players. What follows are profiles
of 35 individuals at the heart of the resurgent movement: